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In 2021, 292 farmers in cities within St. Francois County received a total of $1.9 million in 372 farm subsidies, a 53.6% decrease compared to 2020, when the total was $4 million in 847 farm subsidies.
Though farm subsidies support agriculture in the U.S., pumping $7 trillion into the economy, they are not without controversy.
The American Action Forum discovered that the most highly subsidized crops - corn, soy, wheat, and rice - are often consumed in highly processed ways, which leads to unhealthy eating habits and obesity, while the fruits and vegetables needed for a healthy diet are rarely subsidized.
"We are consuming more calories, fats, sodium, and sugars, and not enough beneficial nutrients and vitamins," Tara O'Neill Hayes wrote. "It is critical that both policymakers and the American public understand the influence that federal agricultural subsidies have on our food supply and diet and, in turn, our nutrition and health."
Farm subsidies have also been criticized for assisting the highest-earning agricultural businesses, not local farmers on their family farms who are barely getting by.
Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."
The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters, to help maintain consistent farming across the country.
Farmers and Their Subsidies in Cities Associated with St. Francois County, Year Over Year
| Farmer | Total Received in 2020 | Total Received in 2021 | % Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | $698,680 | $1,231,601 | 76.3% |
| BRD Farms, Inc. | $120,556 | $43,188 | -64.2% |
| Cooper Quail Run, LLC | $26,748 | $29,816 | 11.5% |
| Randy Allan Merick | $62,216 | $23,314 | -62.5% |
| John W. David | $121,616 | $22,742 | -81.3% |
| Gretchen Law | $20,763 | $20,763 | 0% |
| Roy Oscar Berghaus | $70,223 | $17,533 | -75% |
| Robbins Cattle Farm, LLC | $31,619 | $16,234 | -48.7% |
| Gary W. Dowell | $15,447 | $15,307 | -0.9% |
| Thomure Land and Cattle, LLC | $84,301 | $12,978 | -84.6% |
| Stegmanns Brookside Farm, LLC | $284,498 | $12,393 | -95.6% |
| Matthew Adam Herbst | $43,910 | $11,998 | -72.7% |
| James Watson Yeager | $23,120 | $11,832 | -48.8% |
| Gary Busenbark | $16,508 | $9,394 | -43.1% |
| Dennis E. Herbst II | $26,603 | $9,322 | -65% |
| Randall E. Detring | $24,411 | $8,859 | -63.7% |
| Kenneth William Graham | $42,309 | $8,833 | -79.1% |
| John Masters Williams | $10,923 | $7,627 | -30.2% |
| Charles C. Carlyon | $24,050 | $7,408 | -69.2% |
| Kollmeyer Family Farm, LLC | $28,123 | $7,309 | -74% |
| Melba Conrad | $46,830 | $6,873 | -85.3% |
| Bob Strothmann | $28,802 | $6,662 | -76.9% |
| Larry Sebastian | $17,237 | $5,992 | -65.2% |
| Ben Wesley Davis | $21,196 | $5,816 | -72.6% |
| Steven E. Larkins | $5,145 | $5,145 | 0% |
| David Ballard | $18,946 | $5,134 | -72.9% |
| David A. Wilson | $8,291 | $5,047 | -39.1% |
| Ray Lynn Wampler | $13,921 | $4,955 | -64.4% |
| Arlin D & Coleta a Ludwig Rev Liv JT Trust | $6,924 | $4,945 | -28.6% |
| Dement Farms | $20,683 | $4,554 | -78% |
| Vick Gray | $15,081 | $4,467 | -70.4% |
| Robert K Gawf | $16,644 | $4,141 | -75.1% |
| Jacob Murphy | $16,723 | $3,943 | -76.4% |
| J & S Brangus Farm | $24,678 | $3,868 | -84.3% |
| Willard A. MacKley | $9,225 | $3,824 | -58.5% |
| Jonathan M. Filer | $19,724 | $3,793 | -80.8% |
| Garry Redmond | $18,605 | $3,772 | -79.7% |
| Dewain Taylor | $66,089 | $3,560 | -94.6% |
| Tony Eye | $13,885 | $3,463 | -75.1% |
| Susan Kay Cox | $193 | $3,410 | 1,666.8% |
| Stefon Klug | $23,650 | $3,332 | -85.9% |
| Demami Farm Corporation | $2,381 | $3,328 | 39.8% |
| Justin Wampler | $6,890 | $3,320 | -51.8% |
| Jack D. Jarvis | $160,446 | $3,300 | -97.9% |
| Bar MT Ranch, LLC | $34,563 | $3,187 | -90.8% |
| Jeffrey - Seers JT Revocable Trustee Seers | $3,147 | $3,147 | 0% |
| Shannon Norris | $22,273 | $3,105 | -86.1% |
| Darrell Reeves | $11,138 | $2,867 | -74.3% |
| Elvis Chamberlain | $24,536 | $2,816 | -88.5% |
| Buck Farms | $6,655 | $2,782 | -58.2% |
| Russell V. Basler | $12,256 | $2,692 | -78% |
| Bess Farms, LLC | $15,420 | $2,690 | -82.6% |
| Wayne Hahn & Elvis Chamberline Partners H & C Farms | $23,768 | $2,612 | -89% |
| Andrew Sherrill | $10,940 | $2,575 | -76.5% |
| Harvey Neal Hendrix | $10,200 | $2,570 | -74.8% |
| Mann Farm | $9,658 | $2,436 | -74.8% |
| Claudia J Varvera | $11,021 | $2,368 | -78.5% |
| Michael D. McDaniel | $0 | $2,365 | -- |
| Jay Walker | $48,609 | $2,364 | -95.1% |
| Timothy Scott Craig | $7,843 | $2,356 | -70% |
| George M. Eftink | $4,589 | $2,291 | -50.1% |
| Jesse D. Griffin | $14,824 | $2,291 | -84.5% |
| Jesse E. Griffin | $14,926 | $2,291 | -84.7% |
| Clarence C. Spray | $8,155 | $2,282 | -72% |
| Marilyn R. King | $4,730 | $2,166 | -54.2% |
| James R. Hulsey | $5,079 | $2,147 | -57.7% |
| Benjamin C Rothlisberger, benjamin C Rothlisberger and Tiffan | $7,304 | $2,142 | -70.7% |
| John Crites | $10,509 | $2,128 | -79.8% |
| B & E Adams Farm | $4,858 | $2,115 | -56.5% |
| Michael B. Belfield | $9,795 | $2,113 | -78.4% |
| Ashley R. Williams | $2,111 | $2,111 | 0% |
| Todd Busenbark | $7,229 | $2,108 | -70.8% |
| Charles Crawford | $4,896 | $2,074 | -57.6% |
| John E. Meyers | $6,015 | $2,062 | -65.7% |
| Raymond Canterberry | $5,885 | $2,043 | -65.3% |
| Raymond Hahn | $4,103 | $2,018 | -50.8% |
| Robert Thurman | $11,004 | $2,006 | -81.8% |
| Russell Halton | $19,871 | $1,962 | -90.1% |
| Thomas L. Heberlie | $8,694 | $1,940 | -77.7% |
| Terry Berghaus | $11,923 | $1,879 | -84.2% |
| Larry D. Stam | $8,873 | $1,821 | -79.5% |
| Warren B. Shelley | $9,284 | $1,736 | -81.3% |
| Aubuchon Cattle Company, LLC | $7,010 | $1,705 | -75.7% |
| James Plummer | $10,619 | $1,679 | -84.2% |
| Larry K. House | $7,568 | $1,643 | -78.3% |
| Charles R. Strothmann | $10,890 | $1,615 | -85.2% |
| Chad Marler | $7,546 | $1,611 | -78.7% |
| Shirley A. David | $5,621 | $1,587 | -71.8% |
| Corey Michael Pettus | $13,095 | $1,516 | -88.4% |
| Gary L. Cleve | $7,734 | $1,490 | -80.7% |
| Charles Elmer Tripp Jr. | $6,199 | $1,488 | -76% |
| Chris D. Nelson | $0 | $1,485 | -- |
| Eric Herzog | $0 | $1,479 | -- |
| Robbins Bros Farm | $7,066 | $1,472 | -79.2% |
| Don A. Hardy | $6,688 | $1,468 | -78.1% |
| Leslie Busenbark | $4,527 | $1,464 | -67.7% |
| Steven J. Peterson | $8,838 | $1,424 | -83.9% |
| Charles M. Conway | $6,741 | $1,422 | -78.9% |
| Roy L. Huitt | $6,859 | $1,411 | -79.4% |
| Kevin Cook | $7,365 | $1,399 | -81% |
| Ronnie Grass | $7,635 | $1,397 | -81.7% |
| Richard Worley | $6,198 | $1,389 | -77.6% |
| Minnie Cosby | $2,318 | $1,386 | -40.2% |
| Larry Peterson | $5,304 | $1,385 | -73.9% |
| Marilyn Lowe | $4,763 | $1,353 | -71.6% |
| Mark K. Basler | $1,327 | $1,327 | 0% |
| Jason E. Rennie | $7,839 | $1,321 | -83.1% |
| Chad Busenbark | $8,473 | $1,314 | -84.5% |
| Kevin Dale Pinkston | $7,459 | $1,313 | -82.4% |
| James Trolinger | $4,950 | $1,294 | -73.9% |
| Cody Watson | $6,401 | $1,282 | -80% |
| Wayne Hahn | $5,582 | $1,260 | -77.4% |
| James Leroy Howard | $5,292 | $1,247 | -76.4% |
| Rosa Kinder | $3,389 | $1,234 | -63.6% |
| Joseph W. Bollinger | $5,016 | $1,231 | -75.5% |
| Larry Shelley | $6,605 | $1,209 | -81.7% |
| Gary L. Miller | $5,027 | $1,202 | -76.1% |
| Robert J Gawf | $3,510 | $1,165 | -66.8% |
| Henry A. Kinneman | $8,419 | $1,162 | -86.2% |
| Morgan Clark | $4,851 | $1,145 | -76.4% |
| Gary Christopher | $3,916 | $1,134 | -71% |
| Nancy Louise Mann | $5,742 | $1,134 | -80.3% |
| Bill D. Merritt | $5,615 | $1,115 | -80.1% |
| Wayne Pillen | $4,434 | $1,106 | -75.1% |
| Peter James Kamler | $4,026 | $1,087 | -73% |
| Andrew Gregory Mell | $1,247 | $1,075 | -13.8% |
| Zachary Tyler Sutherland | $1,247 | $1,075 | -13.8% |
| Terry Barbee | $2,838 | $1,074 | -62.2% |
| Michael Grisham | $4,378 | $1,061 | -75.8% |
| Michael D. Allen | $4,433 | $1,059 | -76.1% |
| Charles Brian Boyd | $6,689 | $1,056 | -84.2% |
| John Henry Blackwell | $3,311 | $1,053 | -68.2% |
| Cody Wiseman | $13,513 | $1,035 | -92.3% |
| Gerald F. Hollerbach | $5,357 | $1,018 | -81% |
| William Nickelson | $3,201 | $1,004 | -68.6% |
| David Reese | $4,554 | $997 | -78.1% |
| Murphy Schmerbauch & Metheny | $2,039 | $983 | -51.8% |
| Vincent R. Kauflin Jr. | $5,303 | $982 | -81.5% |
| Chris Briley | $5,508 | $979 | -82.2% |
| Evan Williams | $4,914 | $976 | -80.1% |
| Byron C. English | $3,335 | $974 | -70.8% |
| Brock Busenbark | $3,960 | $960 | -75.8% |
| Dennis Currington | $4,598 | $956 | -79.2% |
| Ronald Cunningham | $12,610 | $945 | -92.5% |
| Chas E. Thomure | $8,344 | $942 | -88.7% |
| Louis Stephens | $4,334 | $942 | -78.3% |
| Daniel McDowell | $0 | $935 | -- |
| James Neubrand | $5,093 | $932 | -81.7% |
| Ray H. Settle Jr. | $6,689 | $931 | -86.1% |
| Michael Sumpter | $4,308 | $928 | -78.5% |
| Larry Hovis | $3,454 | $911 | -73.6% |
| Stark Family Trust | $4,427 | $904 | -79.6% |
| Anthony Fetters | $2,442 | $866 | -64.5% |
| Michael Belken | $4,987 | $860 | -82.8% |
| Donald E. Mosier Jr. | $3,674 | $855 | -76.7% |
| Robbin Kay Franklin | $2,772 | $813 | -70.7% |
| 4 M Farm, LLC | $5,184 | $810 | -84.4% |
| Nathan K. House | $3,267 | $805 | -75.4% |
| George T. Sebastian Jr. | $2,398 | $794 | -66.9% |
| Roger D. Hoehn | $3,256 | $791 | -75.7% |
| Paul Carlyon Jr. | $3,272 | $790 | -75.9% |
| Lindell Gowen | $2,937 | $788 | -73.2% |
| Steven Paul Lankford | $2,585 | $780 | -69.8% |
| James Williams | $4,323 | $770 | -82.2% |
| Paul Brian Briley | $3,575 | $762 | -78.7% |
| Keith Schweigert | $3,303 | $758 | -77.1% |
| Wesley Straughn | $2,638 | $743 | -71.8% |
| William Dale Peterson | $3,234 | $742 | -77.1% |
| Richard Hale | $2,052 | $736 | -64.1% |
| William H. Murphy | $3,654 | $734 | -79.9% |
| Kevin P. Hinkebein | $3,981 | $734 | -81.6% |
| Michael E. Hinkebein | $2,365 | $734 | -69% |
| Jim Ragland | $3,962 | $719 | -81.9% |
| Charles McKay | $2,783 | $718 | -74.2% |
| Howard J. Davis | $3,180 | $716 | -77.5% |
| Lawrence E. Wibbels | $2,000 | $704 | -64.8% |
| Michael A. Filer | $3,547 | $694 | -80.4% |
| Jim Brown | $1,980 | $690 | -65.2% |
| Lorene Vogel Crismon | $1,851 | $679 | -63.3% |
| Kimbel Kollmeyer | $3,506 | $675 | -80.7% |
| Cecil E. Huitt | $2,259 | $668 | -70.4% |
| Dennis Wayne Skaggs II | $2,959 | $656 | -77.8% |
| Raymond Wagner Jr. | $1,490 | $655 | -56% |
| Kenneth Davitz | $2,981 | $647 | -78.3% |
| Jason Wruck | $4,372 | $640 | -85.4% |
| Monty Johnson | $4,026 | $635 | -84.2% |
| Kevin Berg | $633 | $633 | 0% |
| Paul Schroer | $0 | $605 | -- |
| Joe D. Guggenberger | $2,475 | $596 | -75.9% |
| Robert Carrow | $2,997 | $591 | -80.3% |
| Joan Ellen Armstrong | $589 | $589 | 0% |
| Fred W. Hemme | $594 | $571 | -3.9% |
| William G. Peters | $4,448 | $571 | -87.2% |
| Paul Pinkston | $3,702 | $552 | -85.1% |
| Howard Klepzig Revocable Trust | $425 | $550 | 29.4% |
| Jerry Rokan | $2,885 | $546 | -81.1% |
| Kevin Bess | $8,967 | $544 | -93.9% |
| Alphonse Dussold | $2,266 | $540 | -76.2% |
| Andrew Paul Stephens | $2,244 | $537 | -76.1% |
| Jesse Eck | $3,712 | $529 | -85.7% |
| Richard Whitener | $2,276 | $516 | -77.3% |
| Glenn Ralph Jarvis | $2,520 | $509 | -79.8% |
| Mark Bradley Gillam | $2,475 | $506 | -79.6% |
| Janis Stephens | $1,352 | $506 | -62.6% |
| Mark D. Clifford | $3,484 | $506 | -85.5% |
| James Becker | $3,240 | $506 | -84.4% |
| Ryan M Phelan Trust-Current Record | $788 | $497 | -36.9% |
| Brian Stam | $3,372 | $491 | -85.4% |
| Michael Williams | $1,353 | $490 | -63.8% |
| Lavona Kelso | $3,505 | $484 | -86.2% |
| Joseph S. Lix | $2,299 | $471 | -79.5% |
| Carol Sandra Johnson | $2,454 | $464 | -81.1% |
| Mark Andrew Belken | $2,903 | $462 | -84.1% |
| Leon Peterson | $2,286 | $461 | -79.8% |
| Bertha Gettinger | $1,793 | $457 | -74.5% |
| Edward Worley | $1,758 | $455 | -74.1% |
| Lawrence Epstein | $2,112 | $453 | -78.6% |
| Daniel Kevin Herbst | $3,064 | $450 | -85.3% |
| Lois A. Benwell | $2,277 | $443 | -80.5% |
| Steve King | $3,199 | $439 | -86.3% |
| Paul Guggenberger | $1,958 | $418 | -78.7% |
| Ronnie Mickan | $1,859 | $416 | -77.6% |
| Carvel Pinkston | $2,526 | $412 | -83.7% |
| Ron Tisher | $1,100 | $411 | -62.6% |
| Michael Alan Richardson | $1,987 | $408 | -79.5% |
| Dustin Bryan Harris | $1,944 | $406 | -79.1% |
| Larry Kelley | $1,969 | $405 | -79.4% |
| Joe Wooten | $2,584 | $399 | -84.6% |
| Neil V Jannin | $2,793 | $394 | -85.9% |
| Timmy Ray Friend | $1,972 | $392 | -80.1% |
| Richard L. Worley Jr. | $1,474 | $380 | -74.2% |
| Larry Crader | $1,441 | $378 | -73.8% |
| Mark Guggenberger | $1,562 | $377 | -75.9% |
| Judith Halter | $1,496 | $372 | -75.1% |
| Robert Dale Arnett | $1,496 | $366 | -75.5% |
| Pam Perry | $1,243 | $362 | -70.9% |
| Leslie E. Weible | $1,518 | $356 | -76.5% |
| Harry Travis Canterberry | $2,405 | $356 | -85.2% |
| William a Jokerst Revocable Living Trust | $611 | $355 | -41.9% |
| Richard Byington | $1,155 | $345 | -70.1% |
| Kenneth Russell Basler | $2,002 | $342 | -82.9% |
| John Whitney | $2,292 | $312 | -86.4% |
| Stanley Weiss | $1,793 | $311 | -82.7% |
| Kenneth Rasnic | $2,367 | $304 | -87.2% |
| Mandie Hampton | $1,711 | $301 | -82.4% |
| Sarah D Slinkard Rev Trust | $697 | $299 | -57.1% |
| Calvin John Eifert II | $717 | $295 | -58.9% |
| Justin Byers | $1,818 | $294 | -83.8% |
| Frank Hampton | $1,398 | $287 | -79.5% |
| John Byers | $1,078 | $284 | -73.7% |
| John Allen | $1,364 | $280 | -79.5% |
| Ricky Dewayne Norden | $1,100 | $280 | -74.5% |
| Carl Dennis Johnson | $1,243 | $270 | -78.3% |
| Jeffery B. Stegall | $1,188 | $268 | -77.4% |
| Matthew Linn Franklin | $1,045 | $263 | -74.8% |
| Craig Chailand | $1,287 | $256 | -80.1% |
| Thomas D. Wills | $589 | $250 | -57.6% |
| Donna Lawson | $2,200 | $249 | -88.7% |
| John E. Thomas | $3,355 | $245 | -92.7% |
| Stephen A. Hoehn | $1,613 | $242 | -85% |
| Gavin Kenneth Graham | $1,291 | $238 | -81.6% |
| Kenneth Moran | $561 | $232 | -58.6% |
| Lavena M Copeland | $968 | $231 | -76.1% |
| Mark Stephens | $0 | $225 | -- |
| Faye Worley | $803 | $220 | -72.6% |
| Jack Overby | $163 | $216 | 32.5% |
| Steven G. Wooldridge | $1,232 | $215 | -82.5% |
| Richard Kreitler | $913 | $204 | -77.7% |
| Robert Stanley Dolan Sr. | $957 | $198 | -79.3% |
| Bob Sanders | $1,021 | $197 | -80.7% |
| Diane Huckstep | $737 | $190 | -74.2% |
| Richard Lee Stuart | $1,864 | $168 | -91% |
| John Stephen Swink | $330 | $162 | -50.9% |
| Gary Phillips | $485 | $149 | -69.3% |
| Everardo Lopez | $258 | $149 | -42.2% |
| Shelton Sago | $282 | $138 | -51.1% |
| Roger Keathley | $430 | $121 | -71.9% |
| Justin Arnett | $451 | $117 | -74.1% |
| Ricky McCoy | $920 | $114 | -87.6% |
| Dennis Crawford | $774 | $113 | -85.4% |
| Derek James Ward | $151 | $104 | -31.1% |
| Charles E. Pinkston | $498 | $100 | -79.9% |
| Todd Wampler | $687 | $98 | -85.7% |
| Jan M Truska | $304 | $82 | -73% |
| Robert Mark Womack | $430 | $81 | -81.2% |
| Jeffrey Barnes | $0 | $80 | -- |
| Michael Filer | $535 | $74 | -86.2% |
| Jeffery Hampton | $1,811 | $59 | -96.7% |
| Tina Lynne Mecey | $141 | $41 | -70.9% |
| Reggie Crabdree | $486 | $33 | -93.2% |
| Tim Belken | $246 | $11 | -95.5% |
| Allen Coplin | $181 | $8 | -95.6% |
| Frank Lee Chamberlain | $770 | $0 | -100% |
| Madelynn Ann Womack | $1,210 | $0 | -100% |
| Michael Lynn Womack | $1,485 | $0 | -100% |
| Roberta Arlene Crocker | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Allen Fischer | $2,090 | $0 | -100% |
| Ann Foehner - Hovis | $472 | $0 | -100% |
| Annie Morris | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Charles W Zobrisky | $3,575 | $0 | -100% |
| Cheryl S. Dickhaus | $140 | $0 | -100% |
| David Sisk | $610 | $0 | -100% |
| George Crader | $1,130 | $0 | -100% |
| George Robert Gilliland | $715 | $0 | -100% |
| Good Earth EGG Company | $62,141 | $0 | -100% |
| Jeffrey Scott Crader | $1,100 | $0 | -100% |
| Katie Morris | $550 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Weible | $169 | $0 | -100% |
| Sean Andrew Morris | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Steven D. Morris | $1,760 | $0 | -100% |
| Tim Burdin | $1,045 | $0 | -100% |
| Marsha A. Martin | $472 | $0 | -100% |
| Melvin Aubuchon | $1,647 | $0 | -100% |
| Bradley Swink | $1,925 | $0 | -100% |
| Colleen Galloway | $1,650 | $0 | -100% |
| Edmund E. Schnittger Jr. | $2,255 | $0 | -100% |
| Emily Howard | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Freeman Pearsall | $1,091 | $0 | -100% |
| Garrett William Graham | $329 | $0 | -100% |
| Gerald W. Kiepe | $220 | $0 | -100% |
| Glenn E. Rickus | $1,155 | $0 | -100% |
| Gregory Huffman | $511 | $0 | -100% |
| Jamie Herbst | $4,730 | $0 | -100% |
| Jason Canterberry | $440 | $0 | -100% |
| Jo Ann Keller | $300 | $0 | -100% |
| Joel Hamor | $128 | $0 | -100% |
| Joseph Pearsall | $1,091 | $0 | -100% |
| Kenneth Montgomery | $1,375 | $0 | -100% |
| Larry Redmond | $2,446 | $0 | -100% |
| Mark L. Boyer | $3,440 | $0 | -100% |
| Matthew Pigg | $720 | $0 | -100% |
| Paul B. Powell | $385 | $0 | -100% |
| Raymond King | $2,308 | $0 | -100% |
| Terry Detring | $2,860 | $0 | -100% |
| The Chester M OTT and Nancy C OTT Revocable Living Trust | $280 | $0 | -100% |
| Timothy D. Hankins | $754 | $0 | -100% |
| William L Dreibelbiss | $754 | $0 | -100% |
| Kevin Ball | $1,430 | $0 | -100% |
| Missouri Vegetable Farm, LLC | $452,339 | $0 | -100% |
| William Byers | $1,428 | $0 | -100% |
| Total subsidies | $4,030,420 | $1,869,379 | -53.6% |
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